Dr. Dolly Alderton

The found family, urban family.

And what they mean by that is two people who meet and we don't know much about their family or like people who have a gang of friends and whatever.

And like, it's become such an overused trope.

And it's sort of one of the few instances where it's really applicable is like,

oh, this person really has cobbled together this thing piecemeal and earned every relationship they're in.

And it's also that thing of like, unlike the other friends, she doesn't have this history, the way that like, the other friends are so sewn in together with Monica as best friends with Rachel, Ross as Monica's older brother, Chandler as Ross's flatmate from college.

And then that's, I think that's why you have Joey and Phoebe at the other end, because they are kind of the blow-ins in a weird way.

Mm-hmm.

And so, like, for Phoebe to have such a lack of connection and to really tightly sew everyone in herself and earn every speck of family that she gets is so beautiful.

I love this show.

I love this show.

I've loved doing this miniseries so much because I just feel like, yes, it's made me understand how good Friends is so much more.

But every time I sit down and talk to somebody about it, I feel like I learn how they feel about relationships more.

Like family relationships and friend relationships and...

You know Love and And Everything I feel like I have learned so much more About the friends in my life Through this You know Even though I get shit wrong all the time People write in With all the things I've gotten wrong about friends People Know so much about friends Know so much This is really I don't know the most about friends I don't even feel the most about friends I just have some feelings about friends Some feelings Yeah

I have some feelings about Friends, and this is what you've been getting this season.